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tunity for collections along the shore 3 miles east, on Santa Rosalia 

 Lagoon, and on the Rio Gibara above its mouth. On February 26, 

 the naturalists visited a cave approximately a mile south of the 

 town. 



On March 1 the Esperama anchored in the bay of Tanamo (pi. 

 1), where collections were made on the two following days south of 

 town and on Turones Cay. On March 4, the party stopped to 

 collect at Cayo Grande de Moa, and near the mouths of the Moa 

 and Fabrico Rivers (pi. 2), where conditions were so interesting that 

 they remained until March 9. They arrived at Baracoa (pi. 2) 

 on the 9th and remained there until March 11, and then continued 

 through the Windward Passage, arriving in Port au Prince on 

 March 13. 



The party obtained necessary permits to allow scientific collecting 

 in Haiti through the kind offices of Gen. J. H. Russell, who at that 

 time was American High Commissioner, and of others, and on 

 March 19 they sailed for Gonave Island, accompanied by Colonel 

 ^nd Mrs. Coyle and Lieut. Faustin Wirkus. That afternoon they 

 landed on Petite Gonave Island, where a number of iguanas and 

 various birds were obtained. (PI. 3.) This island is of low eleva- 

 tion and has an area of approximately 15 acres, the surface being 

 mainly a sharply eroded limestone with a mangrove swamp at the 

 center. On March 20 the Esperanza anchored near the lighthouse 

 at the western end of Gonave Island, a point where important collec- 

 tions were made, as little or no work had been done in this remote 

 section. On March 21 they moved to Anse a Galets and the follow- 

 ing day made a trip into the interior of Gonave to a region known 

 as Palma. (PI. 3.) They returned on the 23d to Port au Prince 

 to obtain supplies for a voyage along the southwestern peninsula. 

 While here collections were made on March 26, 27, and 28 at Montet, 

 and on March 31 an area southwest of Port au Prince was visited. 

 On April 1 Lee Parish collected near Thomazeau. 



On April 4 the Esperanza sailed to the westward arriving in the 

 Bay of Baraderes the following day (pi. 4). On April 6 the party 

 visited two caves near a point called Mapou to explore for bones of 

 extinct mammals. The first cave entered was small and, though so 

 dry that conditions were favorable, produced no bones. A barn owl 

 was taken and some human remains were found on a shelf. The 

 second cave was deep, with water seeping through the ceiling, mak- 

 ing it too damp for bones to have been preserved. Many birds were 

 observed in the area adjacent. Further collections were made on 

 the peninsula near Grand-Boucan on April 7, and on April 9, under 

 guidance of the chief of the section, an expedition on horseback was 

 made up the fertile valley of Petit Trou de Nippes to a cave con- 



